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Marco Campi
Marco C. Campi is a street and documentary photographer based in Milano, Italy. His photographic research intertwines with his scientific studies in cognitive sciences to bridge the concepts of observation and knowledge.
In photography, his approach signs a continuity with his scientific explorations and single snapshots are seen as fragments of broader patterns that reveal connections and diversities in the society. Marco Campi's photographic bent developed early on in his life when at the age of 14, he began exploring the environment with his Canon AE1. More recently, his work has developed into a social- and environmental-oriented dimension.
He has extensively photographed in India, chronicling youth movements in South Africa, where he has witnessed the condition of life in townships in the U.S., Australia, and Italy. Recent endeavors include a vast collection of material on the covid-19 pandemic and a study of the impact of global warming.
The last tide
The phenomenon of high tides in Venice has devastating effects. Looking at the top 10 tides, we see that five have occurred in the past 20 years, and the frequency of exceptional tidal flooding above 110 cm has ramped up dramatically through the years.
One main reason for this to happen is sea-level rise. Recorded satellite data shows that the sea level increases at a rate of 3.3 mm/year, resulting in about 6.6 cm rise over the last 20 years (credit: NASA Global Climate Change - https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/). This rise is caused mainly by two factors, both related to global warming: the added water from melting ice and the expansion of seawater as it warms. While the latter has played the most prominent role so far, it is believed that the first will significantly speed up the rise in coming years owing to the melting of the Antarctic and Greenland ice.